I called to the Lord in my distress,(A)
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol;(B)
You heard my voice.(C)
You threw me into the depths,(D)
into the heart of the seas,(E)
and the current[a] overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.(F)
But I said: I have been banished(G)
from Your sight,(H)
yet I will look once more[b]
toward Your holy temple.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:3 Lit river
  2. Jonah 2:4 LXX reads said: Indeed, will I look . . . ?

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